Lester Pearson Suez Crisis Quotes & Sayings

Life lesson 1, never tell a woman she's fat. — John Hankins

We should, I think, proceed to enquire into what we mean by ideals - or rather, to examine, critically, the nature of those acts which to us appear to be outward manifestations of idealisms — John Okechukwu Munonye

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. — Evan Esar

The nobility of our calling will always be rooted in two commitments difficult to observe: refusal to lie about what we know, and resistance to oppression. — Albert Camus

Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage. — Mahatma Gandhi

The threat
of world's end is the old threat. — Denise Levertov

There is an intellectual function in us which demands unity, connection and intelligibility from any material, whether of perception or thought, that comes within its grasp; and if, as a result of special circumstances, it is unable to establish a true connection, it does not hesitate to fabricate a false one. — Sigmund Freud

Zookeeper foible #1: Tendency to not equate fur and scale with fracture and scar. — Wendy Beck

19. A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. — Anonymous

If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China. — Chiang Kai-shek

I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.' — Douglas Coupland

A woman bought you into this world, so you have no right to disrespect one. — Tupac Shakur

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do. — Victor Hugo

Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric does not seek meaning through extension, it accepts the enigmas of confinement. It strives for a rapid unity of impression, an experience rendered in its wink of immediacy. And so too with the short short. — Irving Howe

Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at it. And once you're controlling the work, it's not going to be very good, or it won't be as good as it should be. — Jules Feiffer